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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
only be gravelled near the house, in other portions being 
left in grass, which will need little care, as it will generally 
be kept short enough by the passing of men and vehicles 
over it. 
A picturesque or ornamental farm like this would be an 
agreeable residence for a gentleman retiring into the coun- 
try on a small farm, desirous of experimenting for himself 
with all the new modes of culture. The small and irregu- 
lar fields would, to him, be rather an advantage, and there 
would be an air of novelty and interest about the whole 
residence. Such an arrangement as this would also be 
suitable for a fruit farm near one of our large towns, the 
fields being occupied by orchards, vines, grass, and grain. 
The house and all the buildings should be of a simple, 
though picturesque and accordant character. 
The cottage ornee may have more or less ground attached 
to it. It is the ambition of some to have a great house and 
little land, and of others (among whom we remember the 
poet Cowley) to have a little house and a large garden. 
The latter would seem to be the more natural taste. When 
the grounds of a cottage are large, they will be treated by 
, the landscape gardener nearly like those of a villa residence ; 
when they are' smaller a more quiet and simple character 
must be aimed at. But even where they consist of only 
a rood or two, something tasteful and pretty may be ar- 
ranged.* In Fig. 23, is shown a small piece of ground on 
one side of a cottage, in which a picturesque character is 
attempted to be maintained. The plantations here are 
made mostly with shrubs instead of trees, the latter being 
* For a variety of modes of treating the grounds of small places, see out 
Designs for Cottage Residences. 
